Avian Medicine Jeopardy Template

Husbandry & Management	Reproduction	Diseases	Clinical Pathology	Anatomy
100 80% pelleted product 20% fresh veggies High quality H20 Seeds as treats Describe the ideal diet of psittacines	100 Determinant produce a single clutch per season Indeterminant can produce multiple clutches or extend laying within a clutch Compare and contrast determinant and indeterminate layer	100 Chlamydia Mycobacteriosis Aspergillus Trauma Egg yolk coelomitis List the organisms that cause a profound leukocytosis on CBC	100 What is hemorrhage The most common cause of regenerative anemia in birds	100 Humerus Name the pneumatic bone
200 <70F unless brumating or hibernating You should avoid temperatures below ___ with reptiles.	200 ~24 hours What is the length of oviposition	200 Aspergillosis Candida Tricho Avipox Hypovitaminosis A Capillariasis Chlamydia Differentials for oral plaques	200 Hemoproteus Leukocytozoon Plasmodium Name three avian hemoparasites discussed in class	200 Interclavicular Which of the nine avian air sacs is unpaired
300 Replaced q. 6-12 months 290-320 wavelength 12-20 inches from the animal Describe adequate UVB parameters for reptiles	300 Head dorsal towards the air cell and tucked under right wing Normal orientation for chick within egg	300 1. Proliferative gastritis & coelomic swelling in snakes 2. Misshapen scales, ulceration and necrosis snakes 3. Hemorrhagic pneumonia, GI, neuro (opisthotonus) snakes 4. Sea turtles — fibropapillomatosis 5. Necrotizing hepatitis in tortoises 6. Yellow fungus disease in lizards Describe the clinical signs: 1. Crytosporidium serpentis 2. Ophidiomyces ophiodiicola 3. Ophidian paramyxovirus 4. Chelonid alphaherpes 5 5. Entomoeba invadens 6. Nannizziopsi guarroi	300 What is 5% What percentage of polychromatophils are normal in health	300 Hyacinth Macaw Pigeons & doves Amazon parrots Name the species that do not have a uropygial gland
400 Susceptible to hyperthermia >80-85F˚ Monitor water quality — dechlorinated water Two most important husbandry parameters for amphibians	400 Occurs primarily at night Rapid pace (4x faster + 4x quantity) but w/ poorer survival No accessory sweat glands, sperm is stored at the seminal gloms or receptaculum How does spermatogenesis in birds differ from mammals	400 1) URI, hepato/splenomegaly, neuro 2) P: young = diarrhea & death, adults = diarrhea + repro 3) emaciation 4) MG = poultry (resp + repro), turkey=sinusitis, finch=conjunctivitis MS = sinusitis & skeletal deformities 5) passing undigested food Describe the clinical signs 1) Chlamydia psittaci 2) Salmonella Pullorum vs. Gallinarum 3) Mycobacterum avium 4) Mycoplasma: gallispeticum, Synoviae, melegridis 5) Bornavirus	400 What is 1.005-1.020 What is the normal USG of avian urine	400 4 chambered heart Right valve (tricuspid) How many chambers are present in the heart Which is valve is muscular?
500 1) Right Jugular > Medial metatarsal > brachial vein 2) Jugular, lateral saphenous, cephalic, cranial vena cava 3) Jugular, subcarapicial sinus 4) coccygeal veins 5) tibial vein Appropriate Venipuncture sites for each species: 1) Birds 2) Ferrets 3) Turtles 4) lizards and snakes 5) Amphibian	500 Typically one functional ovary Follicles at all stages of development are present simultaneously P4 triggers LH surge Ovulation occurs 4-6 hours later Describe follicular development in avian species	500 Mycoplasma Agassi Mycoplasma testudineum Common cause of upper respiratory tract infection in testudines	500 1) GGT 2) AST 3) CK Which enzymes would you expect to be elevated with 1) Cholestasis 2) Hepatocellular damage 3) WNV, normal capture & restraint	500 Iguanas & geckos (some salamanders) Which species exhibit tail autotomy

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